FAQs - listed by category
Please select a topic from the menu on the left to see a list of our FAQs.
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A dog trapped in a badger sett
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A stray farm animal
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Adopting a dog or cat from the RSPCA
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Adopting a horse or pony from the RSPCA
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An unwanted pet
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Animal Welfare Act 2006 codes of practice
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Animals in pet shops, boarding kennels, etc.
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Are some breeds of dog more aggressive than others?
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Bedding for rodents
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Bringing pets to the United Kingdom
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Can whips be used in a way that it is acceptable?
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Care for pets if an owner dies suddenly
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Care for pets if an owner is being evicted
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Care for pets if an owner is taken into custody
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Care for pets when an owner is hospitalised or taken into care
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Caring for amphibians and reptiles as non-domestic pets
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Caring for birds
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Caring for corn snakes
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Caring for fish
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Caring for lizards
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Caring for pet rodents
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Caring for pets after you die
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Caring for rabbits
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Caring for snakes
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Caring for tortoises and terrapins
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Cats and birds
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Chinese (sky) lanterns
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Concern about vets bills
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Cosmetic surgery on pets
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Dartmoor ponies
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Docked horse tails
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Docking of dogs' tails
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Does the shock-absorbing whip cause suffering?
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Dog collars
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Exercising your dog
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Exotic (non-domestic) pets and the Animal Welfare Act
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Feeding a pet with a food timer
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Feeding a pet with food scraps
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Five freedoms for animals
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Giving animals as prizes
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Guard dogs and the law
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Guidelines for fun horse shows
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Handbag dogs
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Home for Life
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How does the RSPCA identify their horses?
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How to care for small animals
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How to find a lost pet
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I am concerned about my horse or pony being stolen, what can I do?
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I am thinking of buying a pedigree dog. What should I do?
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I have a new child in the family (or on the way). Will my dog become aggressive?
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I have a pedigree dog and am now concerned about his/her health and welfare. What should I do?
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I have moorland ponies which run in the New Forest, Exmoor and Dartmoor, what can I use to ID them?
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I want to breed from my pedigree dog. What should I do?
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If a dog bites a person, should it be put to sleep?
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If a dog shows signs of aggression towards me, what should I do?
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Is it just a pedigree dog problem? What about pedigree cats and other pets?
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Keeping birds in small cages
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Keeping cats indoors
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Keeping cats out of a garden
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Keeping different species of fish together
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Keeping fish in goldfish bowls
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Keeping lots of cats
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Leaving dogs on their own
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Management and control of the New Forest and its ponies
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My dog is aggressive, what should I do?
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Overweight pets
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Pet owners' responsibility for their pets
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Pets and parasites
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Pets frightened by fireworks
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Problem with a neighbour's barking dog
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Should horseracing be banned?
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Should the whip be banned in racing?
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Stopping your dog barking
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Tagging, notching and splitting of ponies' ears instead of hot branding
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Taking sick pets to a vet
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Tethering horses and ponies
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The dangers of leaving a dog in a car on a warm day
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The law relating to donkey derbies
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Transporting dogs in cars
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Using water for animals during a hosepipe ban
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What about whip use in other areas of equitation?
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What is the legal status of whip use?
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What should I do if my breed society requires ponies to be hot branded?
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What to do with a cat that might be stray
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Where to get help if your dog is aggressive
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Why are the current whip rules inadequate?
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Why is the RSPCA not opposed to freeze marking?
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Why is the RSPCA opposed to hot branding?
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Why is the whip use in racing?
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Will neutering my dog make it less aggressive?
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Worried about a sick pet
